Powerfully Damp by ScourgeofShadows
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During one of the shows my WW2 Living History group attended throughout the summer months of 2005, a friend of ours brought his Rolls Royce Merlin 25 engine to display. The weather was typically awful! - During a brief lull, our friend decided he would treat the few of us who remained to an impromptu engine run to cheer our dampened spirits... Clutching our beers & wrapped up against the elements, the Wartime beauty spluttered into life & finally sang her love song to us! - here you see her just ticking over... Mmmnnn!!
Comments (8)
ScourgeofShadows
Ooops... "MERLIN 24" (sorry!) Oh - Before I forget... This engine was from a Beaufighter which crashed into the ground during WW2 - the crew sadly did not survive. The engines were both recovered a couple of years ago & often accompany one another at these shows - surely a tribute to the engineering quality of a bygone era, and a tribute to the many who fell during WW2
bkhook
Indeed, this is a living tribute to those of WW2. Cool shot, not one that many of us are likely to see. I'll bet that baby was "LOUD!"
1998328is
Fantastic! I have seen something like this on the history channel where they were demonstrating the Merlins carburator ctting out. Any chance your friend could take a couple hundred photos for reference images? Did your ears still work afterwards?
dragonfly2000
Glad you explained this one! Thought perhaps a giant fan to blow the er, unpleasant chaps away. Cool shot with the flame and lights.
ScourgeofShadows
...And the sky that I used in 'The Cleansing' was taken the same day during a typical Scots summer deluge!
blacq_nyght_vampyre
Excellent capture!!! Love this.
cynlee
wow.. powerful alright!! rattles me teeth just looking ;]
danmaloy
Wow! What a stunning picture! Reeeeally like the flame coming out of the exhaust stacks! As a USAF pilot and history buff I agree that the picture does some justice to those who served so bravely in WWII. Keep up the good work!